ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 10464 First edition 2004-08-15 Gas cylinders Refillable welded steel cylinders for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) Periodic inspection and testing Bouteilles a gaz - Bouteilles rechargeables soudees en acier pour gaz de pétrole liquéfié (GPL)- Controles et essais périodiques Referencenumber ISO 10464:2004(E) ISO @ISO2004 Noreproductionor networking pemited without licensefrom IHS Not for Resale ISO10464:2004(E) PDF disclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by ISO member bodies. In the @ISO2004 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either isO at the address below or IsO's memberbody in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 : CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ational Organization for Standardization @ ISO 2004 - All rights reserved ReproducedbvIHSunder licensewithISO No reproduction or networking permited without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 10464:2004(E) Contents Page 1 Scope 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions .... 2 4 Intervals between periodic inspections .... 2 5 Proceduresforperiodic inspection 2 5.1 General 2 5.2 Test procedures 5.3 External visual inspection ... 5.4 Additional test procedures 6 6 Inspection of cylinder threads 9 6.1 General 9 6.2 Internal threads 9 6.3 External threads 9 6.4 Damaged threads 9 7 Final operations 9 7.1 Drying 9 7.2 Purging ... 10 7.3 Tare mass 10 7.4 Valving ... 10 7.5 10 7.6 Reference to next periodic inspection date .. 10 7.7 Identification of contents ... 10 8 10 Records... 11 Annex A (normative) Requirements for 15-year periodic inspection interval 12 Annex B (informative) System of protection against external corrosion ... 13 Annex C (informative) Procedure that may be adopted when it is suspected that a cylinder valve is obstructed/blocked 14 Bibliography 15 ndardization'ghts reserved ili icense with Iso No reproduction or networking pemited without license from IHS ISO10464:2004(E) Foreword ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (IsO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through IsO Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. sO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. requirementsforgascylinders. Iso 2004 - All rights reserved ISO 10464:2004(E) Introduction The primary objective of the periodic inspection of transportable refllable welded steel liquefied petroleum gas period of time. The original periodic inspection and test procedures for transportable refillable welded steel LPG cylinders were gases. These early methods relied on a periodic hydraulic proof pressure test being carried out at intervals as periodic tests to 15 years. Periodic inspection is normall